Syringe.



J. KUSSART.

SYRINGE.

APPLIOATION IILED 11011.11, 1909.

Pfitented Oct. 11,1910.

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SYRINGE APPLIOATION FILED HOY. 11. 1909.

Patented Oct. 11,1910.

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JACOB KUSSART, OF GREELEY, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR TO THE DUPLEX RUBBER COM- PANY, OF GREELEY, COLORADO, A CORPORATION OF COLORADO.

SYRINGE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AOOB KUSSART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greeley, in the county of Veld and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Syr inge, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to vaginal syringes and more particularly to that type of devices wherein the liquid is supplied to the nozzle from a suitable receptacle, means being utilized whereby said liquid can be discharged under pressure into the cavity and subsequently withdrawn therefrom to a separate compartment or receptacle. In devices of this character such as heretofore devised, various types of forcing means have been utilized. In one form of device two bulbs have been employed, one being utilized to force the liquid through the nozzle and the other being provided to withdraw such liquid from the cavity. This form has been found objectionable because, while it permits the independent actuation of the bulbs, it necessitates the employment of both hands for this purpose or for the purpose of simultaneously actuating them. It is also old in this art to utilize a forcing bulb or the like having separate compartments connected to the discharge and intake openings respectively in the nozzle so that when the bulb is compressed a forcing action and a suction are simultaneously set up. Such a structure is objectionable however as it is not desirable under all conditions to produce a simultaneous efilux and influx of liquid.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a structure which overcomes the objections heretofore incident to devices of this character and which utilizes means designed to be operated by one hand and whereby liquid can be either forced into the vagina or withdrawn therefrom, and whereby, if desired, a simultaneous forcing action and suction can be set up so as to produce a continuous circulation of liquid within the cavity.

Another object is to provide a device of this character utilizing a container having separate compartments connected to the discharge and return tubes respectively, said receptacle being preferably in the form of an ordinary hot water bottle.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character which is compara- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 11, 1909.

Patented Oct. 11, 1910.

Serial No. 527,468.

tively simple in construction and can be readily manipulated, there being a combined nozzle and speculum utilized in connection therewith and whereby the return action of the fluid is facilitated.

ith these and other objects in View the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings thepreferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the complete apparatus embodying the present improvements. Fig. 2 is an enlarged central longitudinal section through the fluid forcing clement. Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section through the combined nozzle and speculum used in connection with the device. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of the speculum. Fig. 5 is an enlarged section through a portion of said speculum. Fig. 6 is a View partly in elevation and partly in section of the water bottle preferably used in connection with the forcing means. Fig. '7 is a section on line AB Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a section on line CD Fig. 7 Fig. 9 is. an enlarged view partly in section showing one of the valves.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates an elongated bulb reduced annularly at the center thereof as indicated at 2, said reduced portion being fitted snugly upon and secured to a partition plug 3 of hard rubber or the like. Two separate compartments 4: and 5 respectively are thus formed within the bulb at opposite sides of the plug 3, the outer reduced ends of these compartments being closed by plugs 6 and 7 respectively which are also preferably formed of hard rubber. A short inlet tube 8 is mounted within the plug 6 and opens into the compartment 4:, this tube being provided with a check valve 9 for preventing liquid from leaving said compartment by way of the tube. The compartment 5 is also provided with an inlet tube 10 which is arranged within the plug 7 and has a check valve 11 for preventing liquid from leaving said compartment by way of the tube. An outlet tube 12 is mounted adjacent its ends within the plugs 3 and 7 and constitutes means for directing the contents of the compartment 4: through the compartment 5, there being a check valve 13 within this tube for preventing the liquid from returning to the compartment 4 after it has been discharged therefrom. Another outlet tube 14 is mounted, adjacent its ends, within the plugs 3 and 6, and constitutes means for directing the contents of the compartment 5 through the compartment 4, there being a valve 15 within this tube for preventing the discharged liquid from returning to the compartment 5.

The outer ends of the tubes 8 and 14 are provided with heads or enlargements 16 and 17 respectively, the projecting end of the tube 8 being detachably engaged by a supply tube 18 while the projecting end of the tube 14 is engaged by a return tube 19, both of the tubes 18 and 19 being formed of flexible rubber and of any preferred length. These tubes may be detachably secured to the discharge nipples 20 and 21 extending from the lower end of a receptacle 2 which, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, may be in the form of an ordinary water bottle. Said water bottle is divided into two separate compartments 23 and 24, by means of a flexible partition 25 extending throughout the length thereof, the nipple 20 being designed to direct the contents of compartment 23 into the tube 18 while the nipple 21 constitutes the connection between tube 19 and the compartment hen the tubes 18 and 19 are not connected to the nipples 20 and 21 said nipples can be closed by means of screw caps 26. The inlet 27 of the receptacle 22 opens into compartment 23 and is provided with a screw plug 28 such as ordinarily employed. The compartment 24 is closed at the top and the nipple 21 constitutes both the inlet and the outlet thereof. A loop 29 may be connected to the upper end of the receptacle 22 so as to. enable the same to be readily suspended from a hook or the like.

In Fig. 3 has been shown the type of nozzle preferably used in connection with the forcing element shown in Fig. 2. This nozzle is substantially frusto-conical, and has a socket 30 formed in the small end thereof, the said socket constituting a seatfor a ring 31 from which extend radially disposed curved, converging fingers 32. Eyes 33 are formed along the inner edge of the ring and constitute bearings for elongated wire loops 34 constituting the spreading members of a speculum, the said loops being limited in their out-ward movement-s by coming into contact with the fingers 32 which thus constitute abutments. A screw threaded bore 35 is formed within the longitudinal cent-er of the body 36 of the nozzle, and an exteriorly screw threaded tube 37 is mounted in this bore and is provided at one end with a head or enlargement 38 designed to be engaged by a flexible tube 39 which is connected to a similar enlargement 40 formed upon the outer end of the tube 10.

may be formed upon the tube 37 close to the head 38, this enlargement constituting means whereby the screw can be readily turned by hand for the purpose of shifting the loops 34. A bore 43 is formed within the body 36 of the nozzle and converges toward the bore 35 and in the direction of the socket 30 into which said bore 43 opens. A nipple 44 extends from the body 36 and constitutes a continuation of the bore, this ni ple being detachably engaged by a flexib e tube 45 which also detachably engages a head or enlargement 46 formed at the outer end of the tube 12. A skirt 47 extends from the large end of the body 36 and surrounds the nipple 44 and a portion of the screw 37, and cooperates with said body to close the opening of the cavity during the cleansing operation.

In using the device herein described the cleansing or medicated liquid is placed within the compartment 23, this causing the partition 25 to move against the adjoining wall of the receptacle 22, such being permissible in View of the fact that the compartment 24 is empty at the beginning of the operation. After the nozzle has 'been'properly placed the speculum can be expanded by means of the spreading head 41 and the threaded tube 37. The liquid may flow by gravity through the tubes 18 and 8, and fill the compartment 4. By then compressing the walls of said compartment intermittently the liquid can be forced through the tubes 12 and 45 to the nipple 44 from which it will he directed in a jet from bore 43 and into the socket 30, Because of the angle of this bore 43 relative to the longitudinal center of the nozzle, a swirling action will be produced within the distended cavity. After a desired quantity of liquid has been discharged into the cavity the same canbe withdrawn by intermittently compressing the walls of the compartment 5, each expansion of the walls producing a suction s-uflicient to withdraw a portion of the liquid from the cavity and each contraction of said walls serving to force the said liquid from the compartment 5 and through the tubes 14 and 19 to the compartment 24 in receptacle It will be seen that the same hand can be used for compressing either end portion of the bulb and for thus successively flooding and draining the cavity.

Should it be desired to set up an uninterrupted flow of liquid through the cavity it is merely necessary to grasp the middle portion of the forcing device so that when the hand is contracted both compartments 4 and 5 will be compressed. This will result in the simultaneous forcing of liquid from the compartment 4 to the nozzle 36 and suction of said liquid from the nozzle to the com partment 5 from which it will be directed into the compartment 24 in the container.

After all of the liquid has been withdrawn from compartment 23, and returned to the compartment 24L in the manner described, the tube 19 can be disconnected from the nipple 21 and the liquid permitted to drain from said compartment 24 after which the apparatus is again ready for use.

Importance is attached to the fact that the liquid forcing means is so shaped as to be readily manipulated by one hand either for forcing liquid into the nozzle or for returning it to the container 22, it being also possible to simultaneously force the liquid in the two directions so as to set up an un interrupted circulation thereof.

Various changes can of course be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A device of the class described including a receptacle having separate compant inents, a nozzle, a forcing device having separately compressible compartments, and sep arate connections between the respective compartments in the forcing device and the nozzle, and separate connections between said compressible compartments and the respective compartments in the receptacle, one of the connections of each compressible compartment being extended through and out of communication with the adjoining compartment. Y

2. A device of the class described including a receptacle having separate compartments, a nozzle, and an elongated compressible forcing device having non-communicating compartmentsformed by opposed ends thereof, said last named compartments being separately compressible, and separate inlet and outlet means for establishing communication between said compartments and the respective compartments in the receptacle and between the nozzle and the compartments within the forcing means, each of said outlet means extending through the forcing compartment out of communication therewith.

3. A device of the class described including a receptacle, a shiftable partition therein forming non-communicating compartments, a nozzle, and a compressible forcing device connected to the nozzle and receptacle for intermittently withdrawing liquid from and collapsing one compartment and directing it to the nozzle and for withdrawing liquid compartments, and valved inlet and outlet-- connections between said compartments and the nozzle and between said compartments and the respective compartments within the receptacle, said outlet connections being extended through the compressible compartment out of communication therewith.

5. A device of the class described including forcing means consisting of a flexible bulb having noncommunicating separately compressible end portions, a valved inlet opening into each of said end portions, and a valved out-let tube extending from each of said end portions and through the opposed end portions.

6. A device of the class described including forcing means consisting of an elon ated flexible bulb having an annularly re uced intermediate portion and a partition surrounded thereby, the end portions of said bulb constituting separately compressible compartments, each of said compartments having a valved inlet and a valved outlet tube, each out-let tube extending through the opposed end portion of the bulb.

7. A device of the class described including forcing means consisting of an elongated flexible bulb having an intermediate partition, the opposed end portions of said bulb constituting separate compartments arranged for separate or simultaneous contraction by a hand grasping the bulb, each of said compartments having an inlet tube, and an outlet tube, each outlet tube being extended from its compartment and through and out of communication with the adjoining compartment.

8. A device of the class described including forcing means consisting of an elongated flexible bulb having an annularly reduced intermediate portion, a partition surrounded by said portion, there being non-communicatin compartments formed by the oppose end portions of the bulb, said compartments being arranged for separate or for simultaneous contraction by a hand grasping the bulb, each compartment having an inlet tube, and an outlet tube, each outlet tube being extended from its compartment and through and out of communication with the ad oinin compartment.

9. A device of the c ass described including forcing means consisting of an elon ated flexible bulb having an annularly re uced intermediate portion, a artition surrounded by said portion, there ein non-communieating compartments forme by the opposed end portions of the'bulb, said compartments I being arranged for separate or for simultaneous contraction by a hand grasping the bulb, a valved-inlet tube opening into each compartment, and a valved outlet tube extending from each compartment and through the adjoining compartments, said tubes extending in the direction of the length of the compartments.

10. A device of the class described including a receptacle having a flexible partition movable against either side of the receptacle, said partition dividing the receptacle into two compartments, means for 

